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<p class="heading0">ChartDirector 7.0 (Java Edition)</p>
<p class="heading1"><a href="DrawArea.htm">DrawArea</a>.<wbr>setPaletteMode</p>
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public void setPaletteMode(int p)
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<p class="heading2">Description</p>
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Sets the palette mode to use when writing the image in PNG format.<br><br>
The PNG format supports both palette based images and true color images. Palette based images can only have 256 colors, but is smaller in size.<br><br>
The palette mode must be one of the following predefined constants.<br><br>
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<tr><td><a href="Chart.TryPalette.htm">TryPalette</a><td>0<td>Use palette mode if the image contains less than 256 colors, otherwise use true color mode. This is the default.
<tr><td><a href="Chart.ForcePalette.htm">ForcePalette</a><td>1<td>Use palette mode. If the image contains more than 256 colors, reduce it to 256 colors using dithering (see <a href="DrawArea.setDitherMethod.htm">DrawArea.setDitherMethod</a>).
<tr><td><a href="Chart.NoPalette.htm">NoPalette</a><td>2<td>Use true color mode.
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<td>p</td><td>(Mandatory)</td><td>The palette mode for PNG images.</td>
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<p class="heading2">Return Value</p>
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None
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